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Judge allows asbestos claim against employer's discharged executor
Case law supports action to establish claim against estate

Scots law governs claim though asbestosis developed in England, judges rule
Place of delict remained place of deceased's work

Proof allowed in ex-fiscal's claim based on work stress
Judge rejects Lord Advocate's attempt to have case dismissed

Asbestos case win for family of wife affected by husband's clothing
Judge holds employers ought reasonably to have foreseen injury risk

Householders succeed in claim for Japanese knotweed encroachment
Court of Appeal upholds decision against Network Rail

Damages Bill introduced to regulate personal injury discount rate
Holyrood measure will require review every three years

SLC consultation process queried as committee backs Prescription Bill
Stage 1 evidence throws up new issues from welfare rights sector

Judge annuls criminal injuries compensation refusal in historic rape case
"Exceptional circumstances" for not applying to be reconsidered

Motor Insurers' Bureau revises claim form for GDPR compliance
Old forms no longer being accepted

Draft claims management company rules released by FCA
Authority to become responsible from April 2019

Appeal ruling adds to English solicitors' property fraud risk
Buyers' and sellers' advisers both held liable for buyer's losses

Supreme Court vetoes insurers' bid to bypass protocol legal costs
Solicitors could enforce equitable lien under English law

Employers' insurers liable for door steward's fatal assault
Lack of intention to kill disapplied policy exclusion

Bill proposes changes to PI discount rate calculation
Different investments, and three-yearly reviews, under new scheme

Solicitor wins Supreme Court appeal against lender duty ruling
"Not reasonable" for creditor to rely on misstatement regarding discharge

£160m claim against Burness Paull settles out of court
Undisclosed figure ends massive conflict of interest suit

Defamation overhaul proposed in Scottish Law Commission report
One year limitation and express public interest defence among reforms

Footballers lose appeal in civil rape case
Judges hold Lord Ordinary did not err in assessing the evidence

Council vicariously liable for foster carers' abuse, Supreme Court rules
Principles for imposing liability met by law and practice at relevant time

Childhood abuse limitation rule lifted from today
Act to remove three year requirement now in force

Draft Defamation Bill leaves an online gap, Faculty warns
"Comprehensive" scheme fails to provide for secondary publishers

Proper training needed for periodical payment order plans, Faculty states
Court-imposed settlements must be properly resourced: response

Government to change basis of calculating PI discount rate
"Low risk" rather than "very low risk" investments to be reference point

LSEW fails to have "find a solicitor" negligence claim struck out
Court of Appeal allows trial before determining issue of duty of care